here we go. the backblogging begins.

i feel like this blog has become my journal -- i only write once in a blue moon. this is a problem since my blog was the solution to the "blue moon" journal writing habit. this ends today. granted, blogging has its ups and downs, but i now recommit to regularly (vague word,  isn't it?) record the happenings in our lives. here goes. the list is long. prepare yourself for blog overload over the next couple days.